Clarkson at Cornell postgame

[redhair34]

[quote Trotsky]
Au contraire, they showed much more class than most of us do under similar circumstances.
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What a crock of shit.

[BMac]

For the people saying we gave up too many chances...they're right. Especially shorthanded chances, like when two guys RAN INTO EACH OTHER and left a clarkson player with the puck in our zone during our pp. Could have been very embarrassing. However, we pretty much dominated, so whatever.

In fact, despite the extra speed and breakaway goals, it felt eerily like the team of two years ago- big, strong, physical, scoring goals DOWN LOW. God, that felt good. When was the last time we had a few wraparounds like that? When was the last time you were in Lynah and truly felt like we were invincible, like our guys just worked harder and got results? Awesome awesome game.

[Roy 82]

Boooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrring.

Let's talk about frikkin' hockey. Nobody said anything wrong from my viewpoint. We don't need to be so darn touchy. It's just sports.

[ebilmes]

Clarkson definitely showed some signs of life tonight. Great puck movement on offense; Scrivens fell down quite often and got lucky that the puck didn't end up behind him a couple more times. Great stop on a 2x0 shorthanded breakaway by Leggio.

Lots to like about Cornell's play tonight. The freshmen were fantastic--Milo, Romano, Greening. Schafer's definitely looking to them to make big plays now.

I disagreed with the decision to start Scrivens, and he was his usual falling-down, coming way out of net, making bizarre saves self. Somehow, he held the Tech offense to one goal, so he needs to be given some credit.

Refereeing was questionable once Cornell got a big lead, but it's expected that the calls go the other way once you're up by 3 or 4. It's a nice feeling to know that the refs are trying to help the opposing team get back in the game because you're up by a few.

Like some others have said, this was not a 5-1 game. Cornell was the better team tonight, but a couple Scrivens rebounds or fall-downs or some better goaltending by Leggio makes this a lot closer.

Despite the Roundtable post someone quoted above, the fans were disappointing. Lots and lots of empty seats at gametime. A couple guys strolled in around 8:15 and pushed their way into the middle of B, intent on standing where their tickets were. These guys knew nothing about hockey and we rewarded them by yelling at them to come to the game on time. We had some long stretches of relative silence in the student sections. I'd normally be happy to start a LGR or something, but I lost confidence in the other fans to join in. What's the point of starting a cheer if you know it's going to die out right after you start it?

LGR

[Molgestron]

Overall, a great game. We dominated on faceoffs and the guys won a lot of the small battles for the puck along the boards. I did think that Clarkson checked harder than we did, but our guys kept up their speed and intensity. It was lots of fun to watch. Great crowd again tonight- I talked with some Clarkson students who came to Lynah for the first time on the way out and they were saying how impressed they were.

Regarding the penalties, it seemed like Hansen cared more about keeping chances even than calling what happened. The Sawada tripping was crap- I couldn't even tell if he made contact there. Right before the holding the stick call two of our players were dragged down along the end boards. Also, as Krantz was skating off with the linesman for the holding the stick penalty, the linesman told him the penalty was for throwing the stick (after the Clarkson guy hooked him, the stick was lodged in Krantz's arm and instead of letting it drop he kinda twirled and the stick was thrown) so that was the justification there.

For those that know what I'm talking about, it really felt like watching a video game match of NHL 94 with all the wraparound goals. Leggio was awful at guarding the post. Wonder if that was stressed in scouting reports.

[MB]

No, really.  Leggio sucked tonight, no doubt about it.  Agree with that.  All of us in A and B let him know that (thank you Leggio *clap clap clapclapclap*).

Look, I truly am a Cornell fan.  I really want Cornell to win. Though, truth be told, we played much, MUCH better against Colgate than we did against we against Clarkson.  We shut down after the first period.  Can you argue about our penalty kill?  I really think that we played better 5 on 5 than we did 5 on 4.  Our PK at the Colgate game in the last 5 minutes was amazing.  This game?  We almost give up 3 short handed goals!  Scrivens came to our rescue (I maintain that he's the better goaltender).

Our 4 goal win was deceptive tonight.  We had bursts of great play-- Romano was a thug.  But really, as was said last season, we need to play a full 60 minutes of hockey.  No matter what the lead, we should always want to score a goal.  We should always want to kill the penalty.  We should always want to score on the PP.  Leggio gave up some really bad goals tonight.  If Scrivens or Davenport gave 'em up, you'd throw them under the bus.  Remember, we played OK tonight, but our potential is much, MUCH higher.

[cth95]

I admittedly didn't see the 1st half of the game.  I saw Leggio make some big time saves before he was pulled, so if he let in some soft ones early, I didn't realize it.

[ebilmes]

Yeah, Sawada tripping wasn't legitimate, and the Gallagher face mask incident was strikingly obvious. I seem to remember us getting away with some other tripping call when we were already down a man. Had Tech gotten the 5x3 in that situation, they would have had the chance to cut the lead to 1, IIRC.

Each man allowed one push? Is that a joke?

Every time I hear an opposing band, I am again reminded of how much better our pep band is. Thanks, guys!

[evilnaturedrobot]

[quote Trotsky][quote mttgrmm]there was also a tripping call right in front of section A/B against Sawada (i think?) that was total crap.[/quote]
Krantz' "holding the stick" was dicey, too.  The stick was embedded in Doug's gut, he wasn't holding it anywhere.[/quote]

seriously!  not only was he not holding it, but it begged the question:  if the stick is in krantz's midseciont, then how did it get there in the first place?

[mttgrmm]

yeah for real...

i'm gonna start "good band, bad band" cheers regardless of who shows up, but tonight there was a clear difference in band quality (sorry Clarkson fans that frequent eLynah)


with colgate i thought they at least had some talent, but tonight i definitely was reminded of how good our band is.

thanks, guys!

[WillR]

[quote mttgrmm]where has the "your sister is your mother...." cheer gone?

my roomie and I attempted to sing it in the beginning of the third, and we were the only ones around who had any idea what was going on.

we're not that old, i'm '06 and he's '07, shouldn't there be more Faithful around who know it?


and also, if any band guys wanna chip in, why doesn't the band have Addams family in the queue anymore?  the conductor guy looked at me like i had 3 eyes when i asked if they were gonna play it or if we were on our own...


i always liked it.[/quote]

We had it going on at the top of B.  Worked well i thought.  Band participation would be fantastic but i am not sure they can condone that kind of stuff.

If only there was a catchy song like that for SLU(t)

[evilnaturedrobot]

[quote mttgrmm]yeah for real...

i'm gonna start "good band, bad band" cheers regardless of who shows up, but tonight there was a clear difference in band quality (sorry Clarkson fans that frequent eLynah)


with colgate i thought they at least had some talent, but tonight i definitely was reminded of how good our band is.

thanks, guys![/quote]

part of the problem, and this goes for colgate as well, is that the they chose to sit in the bottom left corner of section O right in front of the glass.  As a consequence they played righ into the glass and they're sound was muffled all night.  Now both Colgate and Clarkson had the entirety of section O open to them when the band bought tickets, why did they chose the seats right infront of the glass?  It's idoitic.

[Omie]

Scrivens played great and had some great saves. There a couple of close calls but he still managed to be there when it counted and made 26 saves out of 27 shots. He has given our team a chance to win on both Colgate games and against Clarkson and two out of those we came out with the win.

It seems there is nothing the fans can do to impress or even live up to the expectations of old timers. The student section was great against Clarkson and even better against Colgate. They are definitely doing their part.

note: Corrected some spelling to satisfy jtwcornell91.

[Cactus12]

Not sure what you're talking about... obviously when you're up 4 goals, you're going to take a defensive stance. As for quality of play, both the offense and defense showed up ... period. You can criticize special teams if you wish, but the bottom line is that we scored goals, played good defense, and had solid play between the pipes. That's a winning formula- regardless of any short-handed opportunities that amounted to nothing. This game was better played than vs. Colgate in my opinion. You can't win games without goals.

[Oat]

Definitely the worst referee in NCAA Hockey... What a clown

A lot of people called him "blind" tonight, which I didn't really agree with. He was more "stupid" than he was "blind."  Tripping on Sawada.. I just couldn't believe that call.